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Tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrate in support of Palestine

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  • Source: Al Mayadeen Net & Agengies
  • 20 Oct 2023 22:27
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Tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated in Tahrir Square and various parts of Egypt in support of Gaza and in rejection of the Israeli aggression, and Al-Azhar Al-Sharif performed prayers in absentia for the souls of the martyrs of Palestine.

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  • Protesters shout Pro-Palestine slogans during a rally to show solidarity with the people of Gaza after Friday prayers at Azhar mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
    Protesters shout Pro-Palestine slogans during a rally to show solidarity with the people of Gaza after Friday prayers at Azhar mosque, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

For the first time since 2014, Tahrir Square in the center of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, received a march coming from al-Azhar Mosque denouncing the massacres committed by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip.

The demonstrators succeeded in reaching the square, chanting slogans, "Neither al-Naqab nor Sinai, Palestine is ours," and "The people want to liberate Palestine," in reference to statements by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi about his rejection of displacing Gazans to Sinai and his talk about the possibility of transferring them to the al-Naqab Desert.

🛑فلسطين تعيد البريق لميدان التحرير من جديد .. بعد عقد كاملا من الظلام ( العين تدمع من جمال المشهد .. سنعود حتما لنكمل نصرنا مهما طال ) #ميدان_التحرير
#معبر_رفح #أوقفوا_الحرب pic.twitter.com/uQzD1f3wAR

— omar elfatairy (@OElfatairy) October 20, 2023

Egyptian parties also organized a number of demonstrations, and the authorities also organized demonstrations to confirm their rejection of the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt.

News pages circulated a video of young Egyptians chanting for the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during a demonstration in support of Gaza.

#WATCH | Protesters in #Egypt chanting for Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Secretary General, calling on The Lebanese resistance movement to "hit [Israel]" during a demonstration to support besieged #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/Jno0tDqSa7

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 20, 2023

Al-Azhar performs absentee prayers for the souls of the martyrs of Palestine

The scholars of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif participated today in a protest in al-Azhar Mosque Square to denounce the crimes of the Israeli entity against the defenseless Palestinian people.

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Al-Azhar Al-Sharif had announced in previous statements its complete rejection of these "terrorist violations by an entity that is usurping land and honor," sending a call to the Arab and Islamic nations "to unite and stand against this tyranny."

مظاهرات اليوم عقب صلاة الجمعه من تظاهرات حاشدة في الأزهر الشريف دعماً للمقاومة وفلسطين.#ألا إن نصر الله قريب 🤌🇵🇸🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/p4e8GYzU2F

— Mohamed Reda (@Mohamed83830689) October 20, 2023

Worshipers at al-Azhar participated in a demonstration calling for an end to the Israeli massacres and destruction in Gaza and urging the international community to hold criminals from the Israeli entity accountable for killing women, children, the elderly, and innocent people, as the demonstrators reached their final point in Tahrir Square.

Those who attended the demonstrations chanted slogans, the most prominent of which were: "Down, down with the occupation," "Oh Al-Aqsa, do not worry, we will redeem you with our soul and blood," "From Egypt, from al-Azhar, a thousand salutes... to the Palestinian resistance," and "Oh Zionists, you liar, the resistance is not a terrorist," and "No displacement, no resettlement...the land is the land of Palestine."

Read: Mass rallies, protests around the world in support of Palestine, Gaza

Egyptian cities denounce Israeli aggression

In the city of Alexandria, several marches including hundreds of Alexandrians were launched from the city's mosques after the end of Friday prayers towards Sidi Jaber Square, to participate in the large demonstrations called for by political and popular forces.

The Menufia Doctors Syndicate Council announced in a statement the organization of a protest in front of the Doctors Syndicate headquarters in the city of Shebeen El-Kom after Friday prayers, to denounce the humanitarian violations against defenseless civilians of the Palestinian people, and the targeting of homes, hospitals, and places of worship.

مظاهرات مدينة السادات - المنوفية
دعما لفلسطين 🇵🇸💓 pic.twitter.com/Q2aJDHNvHp

— ehab | إيهاب (@drihabilgammal) October 20, 2023

The demonstrations included several Egyptian cities: Minya, Beni Suef, North Sinai, Gharbia, Kafr El-Shaikh, Faiyum, Suez, and Ash Sharqia.

Demonstrations and solidarity events continue in a number of Arab and foreign countries, with the Israeli aggression on Gaza continuing for the 14th day in a row.

The marches come as the occupation escalates its bombing of areas of the Gaza Strip, from south to north, in light of the depletion of medicine stocks and the lack of water and electricity.

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